lupa

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See also: Lupa, łupa, lupą, lūpa, lupã, lupă, and lūpā

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish lupa, from French loupe.

Noun

lupa inan

  1. magnifying glass

Declension

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French loupe.

Pronunciation

Noun

lupa f (plural lupes)

  1. magnifying glass

Further reading

Czech

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Pronunciation

Noun

lupa f

  1. magnifying glass

Declension

Further reading

  • lupa”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • lupa”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • lupa”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Esperanto

Etymology

From lupo +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

Adjective

lupa

  1. lupine; concerning wolves

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lupa, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *lubą (praise) (note the descendant Old Norse lof (praise, permission)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (to love). Attested since the time of Mikael Agricola (16th century).

Pronunciation

Noun

lupa

  1. permission
    Minulla on lupa olla poissa koulusta tänään.
    I have permission to be absent from the school today.
    Minulla on lupa ampumiseen.
    I have permission to shoot.
  2. license, permit

Declension

Inflection of lupa (Kotus type 10*E/koira, p-v gradation)
nominative lupa luvat
genitive luvan lupien
partitive lupaa lupia
illative lupaan lupiin
singular plural
nominative lupa luvat
accusative nom. lupa luvat
gen. luvan
genitive luvan lupien
lupain rare
partitive lupaa lupia
inessive luvassa luvissa
elative luvasta luvista
illative lupaan lupiin
adessive luvalla luvilla
ablative luvalta luvilta
allative luvalle luville
essive lupana lupina
translative luvaksi luviksi
abessive luvatta luvitta
instructive luvin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of lupa (Kotus type 10*E/koira, p-v gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative lupani lupani
accusative nom. lupani lupani
gen. lupani
genitive lupani lupieni
lupaini rare
partitive lupaani lupiani
inessive luvassani luvissani
elative luvastani luvistani
illative lupaani lupiini
adessive luvallani luvillani
ablative luvaltani luviltani
allative luvalleni luvilleni
essive lupanani lupinani
translative luvakseni luvikseni
abessive luvattani luvittani
instructive
comitative lupineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative lupasi lupasi
accusative nom. lupasi lupasi
gen. lupasi
genitive lupasi lupiesi
lupaisi rare
partitive lupaasi lupiasi
inessive luvassasi luvissasi
elative luvastasi luvistasi
illative lupaasi lupiisi
adessive luvallasi luvillasi
ablative luvaltasi luviltasi
allative luvallesi luvillesi
essive lupanasi lupinasi
translative luvaksesi luviksesi
abessive luvattasi luvittasi
instructive
comitative lupinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative lupamme lupamme
accusative nom. lupamme lupamme
gen. lupamme
genitive lupamme lupiemme
lupaimme rare
partitive lupaamme lupiamme
inessive luvassamme luvissamme
elative luvastamme luvistamme
illative lupaamme lupiimme
adessive luvallamme luvillamme
ablative luvaltamme luviltamme
allative luvallemme luvillemme
essive lupanamme lupinamme
translative luvaksemme luviksemme
abessive luvattamme luvittamme
instructive
comitative lupinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative lupanne lupanne
accusative nom. lupanne lupanne
gen. lupanne
genitive lupanne lupienne
lupainne rare
partitive lupaanne lupianne
inessive luvassanne luvissanne
elative luvastanne luvistanne
illative lupaanne lupiinne
adessive luvallanne luvillanne
ablative luvaltanne luviltanne
allative luvallenne luvillenne
essive lupananne lupinanne
translative luvaksenne luviksenne
abessive luvattanne luvittanne
instructive
comitative lupinenne

Derived terms

compounds

References

Further reading

Anagrams

Galician

Noun

lupa f (plural lupas)

  1. magnifying glass

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay lupa,

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lu.pa/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: lu‧pa
  • Rhymes: -pa, -a

Verb

lupa

  1. to forget
  2. to be unconscious
    Antonym: sadar
  3. to neglect
    Synonym: lalai
    Antonym: acuh

Derived terms

Further reading

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lupa. Cognates include Finnish lupa and Estonian luba.

Pronunciation

Noun

lupa

  1. permission

Declension

Declension of lupa (type 3/koira, p-v gradation, gemination)
singular plural
nominative lupa luvat
genitive luvan luppiin
partitive luppaa luppia
illative luppaa luppii
inessive luvas luvis
elative luvast luvist
allative luvalle luville
adessive luval luvil
ablative luvalt luvilt
translative luvaks luviks
essive lupanna, luppaan lupinna, luppiin
exessive1) lupant lupint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms

References

  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 24
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 278

Italian

Etymology

For Vulgar Latin *lūpa instead of the attested Latin lupa, also reflected by Piedmontese luv and luva, perhaps onomatopoeic of the wolf's howling. Similarly unexpected is French loup (despite Old French leu).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlu.pa/
  • Rhymes: -upa
  • Hyphenation: lù‧pa

Noun

lupa f (plural lupe)

  1. female equivalent of lupo (she-wolf)

Derived terms

Anagrams

Kapampangan

Etymology

From Sanskrit रूप (rūpa). Compare Ilocano rupa, and Malay rupa.

Noun

lupa

  1. face

Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lupa, from Proto-Germanic *lubą (praise), from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (to love).

Noun

lupa (genitive , partitive )

  1. permission

Kinaray-a

Etymology

From Greater Central Philippine *lupaʔ (“earth”). Compare Tagalog lupa, and Tausug lupa. Possibly related to Sanskrit रुप् (rúp, earth).

Pronunciation

Noun

lupà

  1. earth; ground; soil

Derived terms

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

The feminine version of lupus. The sense “prostitute” is either a comparison of the prostitutes' predation on men to the wolf's rapacity,[1] as also in Isidore's (often fanciful) opinion,[2] or a reference to the she-wolf's uncleanliness and promiscuity (often culturally conflated), parallelled in English bitch.[3]

Pronunciation

Noun

lupa f (genitive lupae); first declension

  1. she-wolf
  2. (slang) prostitute

Declension

First-declension noun (dative/ablative plural in -īs or -ābus).

singular plural
nominative lupa lupae
genitive lupae lupārum
dative lupae lupīs
lupābus
accusative lupam lupās
ablative lupā lupīs
lupābus
vocative lupa lupae

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Aromanian: lupã
  • Asturian: lloba
  • Aragonese: lupa
  • Catalan: lloba
  • French: louve
  • Friulian: love
  • Italian: lupa
  • Neapolitan: lopa
  • Occitan: loba
  • Portuguese: loba
  • Sicilian: lupa
  • Spanish: loba
  • Venetan: lova

References

  1. ^ J. N. Adams (1983) “WORDS FOR 'PROSTITUTE' IN LATIN”, in Rheinisches Museum für Philologie, volume 126, number 3/4, →ISSN, page 333 of 321–358
  2. ^ Isidore of Seville, Etymologies 10.163: "lupa, meretrix, a rapacitate uocata, quod ad se rapiat miseros et adprehendat"
  3. ^ Servius on Virgil's Aeneid 3.647: "lupae, id est meretrices, dictae ab obscenitatis et odoris similitudine."

Further reading

  • lupa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • lupa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lupa”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lupa.

Pronunciation

Verb

lupa (Jawi spelling لوڤا)

  1. to forget
    Aku sudah lupa yang dia sudah berpindah!
    I've forgotten that she's moved away!

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

lupa m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of lupe

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

lupa f (definite singular lupa, indefinite plural luper or lupor, definite plural lupene or lupone)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of lupe
  2. definite singular of lupe

Anagrams

Polish

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Etymology

Borrowed from French loupe, from Middle French loupe, from Old French loupe, from Frankish *luppa, from Proto-Germanic *lubbǭ, *lub-, from Proto-Indo-European *lep-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlu.pa/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -upa
  • Syllabification: lu‧pa

Noun

lupa f

  1. magnifying glass

Declension

Further reading

  • lupa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • lupa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Etymology

Borrowed from French loupe.[1]

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -upɐ
  • Hyphenation: lu‧pa

Noun

lupa f (plural lupas)

  1. magnifying glass
  2. stereomicroscope
    Synonym: estereomicroscópio

References

  1. ^ lupa”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024

Sicilian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lupa/
  • Hyphenation: lu‧pa

Etymology 1

From Latin lupa.

Noun

lupa f (plural lupi)

  1. she-wolf

Etymology 2

From Latin lupus (wolf).

Noun

lupa f (plural lupi)

  1. uncontrollable hunger

Etymology 3

From the sound of brogna during the fog.

Noun

lupa f (plural lupi)

  1. fog, mist, especially on the sea

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French loupe. Compare English loupe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlupa/
  • Rhymes: -upa
  • Syllabification: lu‧pa

Noun

lupa f (plural lupas)

  1. magnifying glass

Descendants

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

From Greater Central Philippine *lupaʔ (“earth”). Compare Maranao lopa', Maguindanao lopa, and Tausug lupa'. Possibly related to Sanskrit रुप् (rúp, earth). An alternate etymology posits it to be from Malay rupa (form, appearance), from Sanskrit रूप (rūpa, outward appearance, color, form, shape). Compare Ilocano rupa.

Pronunciation

Noun

lupà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜉ)

  1. earth; ground; soil
    Synonym: (uncommon) tiyera
  2. (by extension, uncommon) clay
    Synonym: luad
    bangang lupaclay jar
  3. earth; world
    Synonyms: mundo, daigdig
  4. (figurative) country; nation
    Synonyms: bayan, bansa
    tinubuang lupamotherland / country of birth (literally, “land where sprouted”)
  5. land property
  6. basement; ground floor; downstairs
    Synonym: silong
  7. (obsolete) act of owning a land property
  8. (obsolete) embankment

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • lupa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila
    • page 2: Abajo) Lupa (pp) en la tierra
    • page 105: Barro) Lupa (pp) la brado en cantaros o ollas, o el yama ſado ꝑa la brallas
    • page 492: Poſeſion) Lupa (pp) tierra o ſembrado
    • page 573: Terraplenar) Lupa (pp) algo
    • page 574: Tierra) Lupa (pp) la que piſamos

Anagrams

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lupa, from Proto-Germanic *lubą (praise), from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (to love).

Pronunciation

Noun

lupa

  1. permission

Inflection

Declension of lupa (type V/poikõ, p-v gradation)
singular plural
nominative lupa luvad
genitive luva lupijõ, lupii
partitive luppa lupiitõ, lupii
illative luppasõ, luppa lupiisõ
inessive luvaz lupiiz
elative luvassõ lupiissõ
allative luvalõ lupiilõ
adessive luvallõ lupiillõ
ablative luvaltõ lupiiltõ
translative luvassi lupiissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

West Makian

Pronunciation

Verb

lupa

  1. (stative) to be aflame

Conjugation

Conjugation of lupa (stative verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person tilupa milupa alupa
2nd person nilupa filupa
3rd person inanimate ilupa dilupa
animate malupa
imperative —, lupa —, lupa

References

  • James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary, Pacific linguistics